restrictive covenant
B1CEFR level
70/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
Law noun
A promise limiting what a party may do, typically after the contract has ended.
The restrictive covenant barred her from soliciting former clients for twelve months.
Business noun
A contract clause limiting where, or for whom, an employee may work after they leave.
The restrictive covenant bars him from soliciting our clients for twelve months, and it's enforceable in this state.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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